Tahir Hussain gets life for IB staffer’s killing in 2020 riots
A Delhi court sentenced former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain and four others to life imprisonment for the murder of Intelligence Bureau staffer Ankit Sharma.
The court held that Ankit Sharma was lynched solely on account of his religion during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.
The prosecution's plea for the death penalty was declined because it failed to prove specific acts by each convict.
The judge considered the convicts' educational background as a mitigating factor.
Hussain was also fined Rs 5 lakh under Section 302, with other fines and sentences running concurrently.
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